Your Weekend Events

Posted on March 9, 2012 by tyson

MAGMA PURSUES YOU INTO THE WEEKEND: Be not afraid, gentle citizen, for this is nothing to fear, but something to welcome. Magma is Hollow Earth Radio’s annual monthlong music festival, and this second weekend of shows is a persuasive point counterpoint on why letting yourself into the lava is a fine idea. Tonight, the Grand Illusion hosts accordionist and singer Dave End, artist and animator Clyde Peterson, whistful lyricist Theo Hilton, and mesmerist Jordan O’ Jordan. Saturday whistles trunk tones as it saunters up your drive with Magma’s first ever electronic showcase. With Cyanwave, Crown Hill Repeater, The Algebra of Need, Jtuttle, Dax-0-troniC, Vancouver’s The Automatic Message, and additional video from KillingFrenzy, it promises to tickle your electricity.
Friday 9:00 p.m. // Grand Illusion // $10
Saturday 7:30 p.m. // the In (17th/Olive in Capitol Hill) // $10

BALKAN BEATS: One of the best things about Seattle is the sheer variety, breadth, and talent of our local musicians. And what an example this Saturday’s First Annual Balkan Night Northwest makes. 14 bands will represent the music of Croatia, Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, and popular Roma (Gypsy) brass-band music from 3:00 p.m. until midnight, a full nine hours of wind up and release. Between the two rooms (a mainstage for dancing and the Kafana room, devoted to a more intimate experience), you can see, experience, and enjoy the music of Balkanarama, RTW, Sinovi, Dragi Spasovski & Dobro Veche Band, Tri Šešira, Orkestar Zirkonium, Dromeno, Nu Klezmer Army, Bucharest Drinking Team, Dunava, and Bonaca. And that’s not naming them all, or mentioning that food will be catered by the Croatian ladies and there will be a full bar, except for the part right there where I just did. Epic doesn’t even begin to cover this event, so let’s go with full sensory experience.
Saturday 3:00 p.m. – Midnight // The Russian Center // $15.00

BIG TOP BRIDGES: Syzygy (said sIz.IdZ.i) has several definitions, and where Circus Syzygy is concerned, at least three bear mentioning: a kind of unity, the communication of the conscious and unconscious minds, and the fusion of some or all of the organs. CirsIz brings elements of all in their combination of acrobatic art, physical slapstick, and dance. Caught in an existence much like ours, where the distance between neighbors can best be measured by mutual friends, CirsIz invites us to join them as they search for a way through. Watch.
Through Sunday 8:00 p.m. // SANCA Annex Theater // $22 (Children 12 and under $12)

THE OLD CARNY CHARM: After a weekend such as this, it feels almost mean to suggest one more thing, but it would be a greater disservice not to, given the bill: The Bad Things, Eliza Rickman, and Toy-Box Trio. Working backwards: TBT is toy piano, concertina, and double bass smudged together in a Coney Island looking glass; Ms. Rickman weaves her voice through Cline and Cave covers, supported only by piano; and The Bad Things traffic in drunken dance parties, whooping it up until the cops get called. Look, you can sleep Monday. And might very well have to.
Sunday 8:00 p.m. // Columbia City Theater // $10

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Your Weekend Events

Posted on March 2, 2012 by tyson

MARCHFOURTH ON MARCH SECOND: Portland’s MarchFourth Marching Band is nearly 30 performers, incorporating horns, drummers, bass, guitar, and stiltwalkers. They are celebrating nine years together, and having spent over 180 days and 50,000 miles on the road during 2011, who are we to tell them no? We’ve seen M4 twice, once at the Tractor and once in the Streets for us here at HFW, and can confirm that they are a wandering dance party, mixing funky electric bass with marching band horns, part groove and part spectacle and all together wonderful.
Friday 8:00 p.m. // Neptune Theatre // $19

SPORKESTRA’S BIG FUCKING PARTY: Of all the things you could accuse Titanium Sporkestra of—a sampling, off the cuff: hooliganism, hedonism, heroism, being firebugs—you can’t really include hyperbole. This Saturday is the Spork’s Big Fucking Party, and they mean it. To help fund their upcoming trip to Austin for HonkTx, they’re taking over The Big Building with friends Twisted Trystan, Onodrim, Hypothetics, Killer Whales of Puget Sound, Aqueous, E@5E95, Ghostplay Jones, and Diem. It’s a huge Spörkåsbord of entertainment and you’re invited.
Saturday 9:00 p.m. // The Big Building, 3600 E Marginal Way S. // $10 at the door
($50 VIP tickets available)

MAGMA BEGINS: And this is a little outside the HONK arena, but we very much support their vision: This weekend marks the opening shows for Hollow Earth Radio’s annual Magma Festival! Hollow Earth Radio is a volunteer-run, community-supported internet radio station located in the Central Area, and Magma is a full month of musical performances that attempts to touch every genre Hollow Earth plays and still falls short. It’s awesome in the archaic sense is what I’m saying. Tonight, the Josephine hosts Footwork, Portland’s Older Women, Bellingham’s Scumeating, and Zephyrs (video below). If you’re still standing on Saturday, head over to Radar Hair & Records where you can catch a case of the smallness of humanity with a bill curated by the folks behind the Cumulus Festival: San Fran’s The Drift, Fungal Abyss, Gems, and Lowmen Markos (mp3). Keep your head, kids, a lot of this month remains.
Friday 8:00 p.m. // The Josephine // $5
Saturday 8:00 p.m. // Radar Hair & Records // $10

Zephyrs at Hollow Earth Radio from Garrett Kelly on Vimeo.

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HONK! Around the World Arrives Saturday!

Posted on February 24, 2012 by tyson

Huge thanks to Brown Paper Tickets and Wallyhood for their support of the upcoming HONK! Around The World! We are pleased to be returning to Hale’s Palladium for another evening of joyful noise and ecstatic dance.

We are pleased to present musical sets from Tubaluba, VamoLá, Nu Klezmer Army, and the brilliant gypsy-inspired Makedon, alongside performances from Lesley Rialto, Whisper De Corvo, Skin Deep Dance, award-winning bellydancers Mecia and Melody Anderson, and the Emerald Rain dance troupe.

The event is all-ages! Tickets will be sold in advance for $15, and at the door for $20. Kids under 15 are $10.

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Volunteer Call! HONK! Fest West 2012 & HONK! Around the World need YOU!

Posted on February 10, 2012 by M*A
from Graton, CA

Graton, CA's Hubbub Club entertains the kids in Georgetown

Volunteers Needed for HONK! Around the World!

We need some fine souls to donate a little time and energy in exchange for free admission, free drinks, Green Room time and – oh yeah – a vintage limited-edition HONK! Fest West t-shirt.

Available slots include load-in, set-up, door staff, green team, merch, security, clean-up, and load-out.  Shifts are 2 hours each, and that means plenty of time to enjoy the festivities.

We can’t do this without you – please consider donating a little time for this spectacular event! To sign up, snd an email with your contact information to volunteer@honkfestwest.com
THANK YOU! Also:

How You Can Help HONK! Fest West 2012

HONK! Fests are entirely community supported and volunteer run. We urge you to immerse yourself this year’s festivities by participating as a volunteer. There are lots of ways you can help out! We simply and truly could not share the joys of HONK! festivals without your help. We promise that such an intimate connection with this festival will magnify your sense of enjoyment.

Sign up to volunteer via MailChimp by visiting http://eepurl.com/i8TaD. If you would like more information, send an email to volunteer@honkfestwest.com.

If you’ve already signed up, stay tuned! I’ll be sending out an email detailing the next steps in the near future!

* HONK! On *

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HONK! Around The World! Coming to The Palladium Feb. 25th!

Posted on February 10, 2012 by tyson

This is HONK! Fest West’s first sponsored event of 2012. Join as we celebrate the amazing artistry and noise which comes when music and dance from all over the world slams together in a burst of powerful intensity!

We are pleased to present musical sets from Tubaluba, VamoLá, Nu Klezmer Army, and the brilliant gypsy-inspired Makedon, alongside performances from Lesley Rialto, Whisper De Corvo, Skin Deep Dance, award-winning bellydancers Mecia and Melody Anderson, and the Emerald Rain dance troupe.

The event is all-ages! Tickets will be sold in advance for $15, and at the door for $20. Kids under 15 are $10.

To purchase tickets, please visit Brown Paper Tickets!

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Congratulations to Paul Rucker!

Posted on February 8, 2012 by tyson

We know we’re saying this belatedly, but we believe it’s never too late for a Congratulations. So!

We here at HONK! Fest West would like to just say a public congrats to Mr. Rucker, who is our liaison at the Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs. Or was, rather, as he recently took leave of his position after winning a Creative Capital Grant to work on a project he’s titled Recapitulation.

Huge thanks to Mr. Rucker for all his help over the years. We can’t wait to see this project in person. Congrats, sir!

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